and it has put the obama administration on high alert. those breaks have been linked to the americans' decision to close embassies around the world. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is "outfront." >> reporter: it's the year of the jailbreak for al qaeda and nasr al wuhayshi couldn't be more pleased. the man who triggered the current terror alert and the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap, wants to see more. saying in a new message, "imprisonment will not be for long and shackles will not remain." >> the fact that the leader of al qaeda in yemen is calling for additional prison breaks, i mean that, i think that has to be taken seriously. >> reporter: wuhayshi has plenty of precedent. july 23rd, iraq. al qaeda claimed responsibility for two prison breaks that freed more than 500, including some senior al qaeda operatives. the u.s. believes some are behind dozens of attacks across iraq in recent days. july 26th, benghazi, libya. a prison break frees about 1,200 inmates. and on july 30th in pakistan, gunmen attacked a jail,